Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

High in the Peruvian Andes, where clouds cling to steep slopes and moss drapes every branch, archaeologists have mapped more ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

Archaeologists discovered roughly 345 standing stone circles in Saudi Arabia using aerial surveys. Experts believe the 7,000-year-old structures were once houses, complete with doorways and roofs. The ...

In the summer of 1976, a ground fire burned through a vegetated area on the island of Guernsey, revealing a granite slab protruding from a high mound of earth. The ensuing excavation revealed an ...

I visited Stonehenge for the first time a little more than a year ago, and as I strolled around the ancient monument, I overheard an elderly American gentleman grumble to his companion that “this was ...

The mysterious alignments of standing stones scattered across Brittany in France have intrigued archaeologists and tourists alike for centuries. Now, fresh discoveries at the Le Plasker site near ...

A recent excavation has unearthed 12 human skeletons and a chamber of grave offerings near Petra’s Treasury building, a UNESCO World Heritage site. By Ali Watkins By the time Dr. Richard Bates swept ...

- Two recently published studies detail nature and significance of apparent ceremonial offerings in mustatils, Neolithic structures where deposits of horns and skull parts suggest a sophisticated ...

Pots with fancifully molded eyes, noses and mouths were one of the tip-offs. Adrian Chase already had a growing sense that Maya society wasn’t quite what it’s been traditionally portrayed as: powerful ...